My dad was a marvelous storyteller. He told me a bedtime story every night when I was a kid, and I always begged him to tell me another. He would say,
"Karen, if I tell you another, I'll run out of stories!"
I tried to tell him a story a few times, but I just didn't have his gift! That sparked a lifelong quest to understand the elements of story and to learn how to create a story that would keep my audience mesmerized and leave them wanting more.
